Tobacco-user&#39;s appliance.



C. P. GLOVER.

TOBACCO USER'S APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED 1UNE21, I9l6.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIECE.

CHARLES P. GLOVER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMASP.

LEDBETTER, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

TOBACCO-USERS APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. GLOVER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State ofGeorgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-UsersAppliances, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in tobacco usersappliances, the device being known to the trade as a plug jack, and isdesigned particularly for the purpose of detaching a plug or strip oftobacco from the mass of plug tobacco in which it is boxed.

In packing tobacco in boxes in plug form, to be sold at retail by theplug, the mass of plugs is so compactly packed that it is frequentlydifficult to detach a plug from an open box without danger of tearing orbreaking the plug. This tearing or breaking, of course is notdeleterious to the tobacco, but it mars the appearance of the plug andmay render a sale impossible.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple, handy, andcomparatively inexpensive implement or tool known as a plug jack bywhich single plugs of tobacco may be detached from the mass in the openbox, with facility and without marring the appearance of the plug bytearing or break- In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated onecomplete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructedaccording to the best mode I have so far devised for the practicalapplication of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan view'of an implement embodying the novel featuresof my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front end view of the implement. 7

Fig. 3 shows a side view of the implement in position for use.

The tool or implement 1 is preferably. of cast steel, although it may beof other material such as stamped "metal, and is provided atone end witha pair of spaced prongs 2 and 3 forming between them the open space 4and each formed with a sharpened knife edge adapted to be pushed intothe tobacco plug. While I have illustrated but two prongs, it will beunderstood that I contemplate varying the number of prongs and theymaybe increased if desirable or necessary.

At the underside of the tool are loc'ated a pair of integral lugs 5, 5,which extends from the edge of the tool at the space 4 toward the rear asufficient distance and project from the tool as required. These lugsare preferably formed with a curved front face 5 and the fulcrum points6, to impinge against the tobacco and they serve to steady the tool whenit is being used.

In Fig. 3, three plugs P, P and P are illustrated in the position theyassume when packed in a box from which they are to be sold at retail,and the tool is shown in position to pull the plug P from the box. Thetwo prongs have had their knife edges inserted diagonally into the plugand the fulcrum lugs'are bearing against the face of the plug, but onlyat the fulcrum points or bearing points 6, so that'the tobacco will notbe marred. Now when pressure is applied on the handle 1 the plug P isdetached from the mass in the box with facility and despatch and theplug may be pulled from the box and handled quicklyin the sale withoutbeing marred in appearance.

The use of the plug jack or tool by; the Storekeeper, preserves thetobacco in a sanitary condition, because the tobacco may be kept in itsbox until entirely sold out, thus protecting it from the dust or anyforeign I substances of the atmosphere.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A tobacco users appliance comprising a handle with a pair of spaced,upturned'end prongs fashioned with lmife edge points to enter a tobaccoplug and forming a space between them, and a pair of integral lugs atthe under side of the handle located at an angle thereto and each formedwith a curved front face and a sharpened fulcrum point to bear againstand penetrate the plug for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES P. GLOVER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

